Chapter 1
1. why does zinn dispute kissinger’s statement: "history is the memory of states? "
2. explain governor john winthrop’s legal and biblical justification for seizing indian land.
3. explain the main tactic of warfare used by the english against the indians.
4. according to roger williams, how did the english usually justify their attacks on the indians?
chapter 2
1. according to zinn, what is the root of racism in america?
2. why were africans considered "better" slaves than indians in virginia?
3. how did the slave trade begin in north america?
4. what evidence exists that america’s slaves did not accept their fate easily?
5. why did slave owners fear poor whites?
chapter 3 1.
according to zinn,
1. what was the underlying cause of bacon’s rebellion?
2. what was the "double motive" of the virginia government vis-à-vis bacon’s rebellion?
3. what generally happened to indentured servants after they became free, and to what extent did a class structure emerge in america by 1700?
4. explain the statement: "the country therefore was not "born free" but born slave and free, servant and master, tenant and landlord, poor and rich."
5. explain the statement: "race was becoming more and more practical."